West Chester Chess Club News
Chess club newsletters are now available on this page.
To see all completed swiss and quad club events, visit this USCF page. Come play chess with us any Thursday you can make it!
May 4 - Change of Schedule!!
We will start a new swiss this Thursday May 4th. There will not be a quad as previously planned.
May 3 - Championshp Ranking - Donald Anderson
The following are the top 8 players after two rounds. To view the full standings, click here.
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May 2 - USCF updated for last tournament, club members ratings and match results updated
The USCF has been updated for the Michael Bury Memorial Swiss. And the club members ratings and match results have been updated to show the results of the Swiss and the latest USCF ratings.
May 1 - Reminder of upcoming events
Next Thursday, 5/7, will be a Quad. And then a new Swiss starts on 5/14.
April 30 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 4 results
As soon as the results are posted to the USCF, we will update as soon as we can. Joe Mucerino wond the Open Swiss with a perfect score of 4 victories! Aaron was second with 3 victories. Dan Newman won the U1600 with 3 victories and will be playing in the Open in the next Swiss.
Round 4 Open Results:
Round 4 U1600 Results
Addition information and standings are found here for the Open and here for the U1600 . You will need to login to view.
April 24 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 3 results
Round 3 Open Results
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Round 3 U1600 Results
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Addition information and standings are found here for the Open and here for the U1600 . You will need to login to view.
April 21 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 2 results
Round 2 Open Results
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Round 2 U1600 Results
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April 14 - Live Master Michael Bury
It is with a heavy heart that I'm sharing that Michael passed away on April 3rd.
https://www.haganfuneralhome.com/obituary/michael-bury
A service is not planned, but a memorial is in the works. I will pass along any information as it becomes available.
Please keep his family in your thoughts during this difficult time.
April 10 - Michael Bury Memorial Swiss Round 1 results
See the Michael Bury Memorial Swiss event page for details and updates.
Round 1 Open Results
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U1600 Results
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April 7 - Player Match Results and Ratings - Bob Flanagan
The club's player results have been updated for last Thursday's quad along with the latest USCF ratings
April 7 - Results of last Thursday's Quad
Last Thursday's quad has been posted to USCF and are found here.
March 27 - Player Match Results and Ratings - Bob Flanagan
This page shows the club matches for the 2026 club year. So far, it is just one swiss :). It shows the player's ratings at the start of the club year and the change ytd. And if you click on a player's name, it will show you individual match resultts.
March 27 - March Mate-ness results now posted on USCF site - Aaron Biscoe
The March Mate-ness Swiss with the players' latest USCF rating are now available here
March 27 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 4 results - Bob Flanagan
The following are the results of last night's matches:
OPEN
U1600
March 20 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 3 Results - Bob Flanagan
The following are the results of last night's matches. There were very few upsets. And most matches were finished early.:
OPEN:
U1600:
March 12 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 2 Results - Bob Flanagan
Round 2 should be called the round of upsets! There were six upsets out of 9 matches in the Over 1600 matches
Over 1600 Results :
Under 1600 Results
March 5 - March Mate-ness Swiss Round 1 Results - Aaron Biscoe
The first swiss of the club year has begun! The following are the results:
Open results:
U1600 results:
Feb 27 - WCCC Club Member Matches - Bob Flanagan
The WCCC club matches and standings have been updated for the Bridge Swiss and club Championship. View here. Click on a player's name and view their match results for the year.
Feb 26 - WCCC Championship Tournament - Ed Snyder
DIRK TROLTENIER is the 2026 WCCC Champion having won his game last night over Ed Kline, ending with an undefeated 6-0-1 record. Congratulations, Dirk. Considering the competition this is an incredible record. The only tie he had was against Jim Larsen who also finished with an undefeated result going 4-0-3 and tying Ariv Debmisra for second place. Ariv ended with a 5-1-1 score. All impressive.
Congratulations, too, to all who qualified for the event. That in itself is a commendable achievement.
Also, after a quite a few years the WCCC Newsletter is back. Dirk Troltenier, John Helmbrecht, and Denis Markov have graciously took this job on and here is the link,
https://www.westchesterchess.com/chess_club_news_letters.htm. A lot of interesting and informative items.
Feb 26 - WCCC Championship - Jim Larsen
Another great club championship tournament is in the books! Congratulations to our new, very strong club champion. An incredible undefeated performance by Dirk Troltenier. Many great games were played by all the contestants, including those who didn't have their best results. Thank you Ed Snyder for directing the event.
I read through the first newsletter, and it's absolutely excellent. Many thanks to Dirk, John and Denis. It's so wonderful to have a WCCC newsletter again.
Feb 26 - Bridge Swiss - Donald Anderson
The Bridge Swiss matches have been posted to the USCF. View results, standings, and latest ratings here
Round 4 match results:
Several players have distinguished themselves by some outstanding rating gains over the last two tournaments (and elsewhere):
- Bob Flanagan from 1511 to 1609
- Brendan McCarthy from 1247 to 1542
- Akshaj Bodla from 1446 to 1735
- Ryan Treftz from UNR to1659
- and Michael Marcus from 1477 to 1564
Both Brendan McCarthy and Michael Marcus should be playing in the Open based upon the strength of the competition they've defeated. They can certainly hang with the "big boys". Ed Bryan (1542) and Pranav Srinivasula (1561) belong there, too.
Next week starts the new chess year at the WCCC. A total of 36 games towards qualifying for the 2027 Championship.